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Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. will be inaugurated as our 46th president shortly after noon Eastern

time today. He will take the oath of office with his left hand on a family Bible that is

five inches thick with a sturdy leather cover and solid metal clasps. It has been in his family

for 127 years, and has been used every time he has been sworn into an office. Prior to the

inauguration, Mr. Biden will join Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for a prayer of service

at St. Matthews Cathedral in downtown Washington, D.C.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and House Minority Leader Kevin

McCarthy will also attend. Today also marks the third day of ecumenical, nonpartisan virtual

prayer services, and testimonies intended to restore a sense of harmony

to the transition of power. Walter Kim, president of the National Association of Evangelicals,

is one of the leaders. America is most definitely in need of such harmony.

When Joe Biden becomes our president, he will need and deserve our consistent and passionate intercession.

He will need and deserve the encouragement of our people, in the knowledge that, as President George H.W. Bush wrote to President-elect Bill Clinton,

your success now is our country's success. And we as a people will need to commit ourselves

anew to those historic values that birthed our nation and can chart our future with hope.

Before the 2020 election, 80% of Biden supporters

and 77% of Trump supporters stated that they and the other side fundamentally disagree about

core American values. 90% of Biden supporters and 89% of Trump supporters said the other candidate's election

would lead to lasting harm to the U.S. recognizing the divided and divisive culture of our nation,

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